MP3 Johnny Gidley - A Life of Endurance

Johnny Gidley,who grew up on the rock & roll and pop music of the 60's, has written, produced and recorded a real down-to-earth contemporary christian cd here with original music paired with many of the Bible's key exhortations and sayings.

12 MP3 Songs
GOSPEL: Contemporary Gospel, EASY LISTENING: Soft Rock



Details:
Johnny Gidley, a farm boy from Salado, Texas, grew up listening to The Beatles and the rock & roll of the 50's and 60's. He formed his first band with high school classmates Berry Evans, Tom Brown and Harold Mersiovsky in 1964. His dad had bought a cheap guitar for 5.00 from an old black man who lived in a nearby town. He had wanted one of his sons to learn to play it while he played his fiddle. However, neither Johnny nor his two brothers, Tom and Wayne, had enough desire to learn it until Johnny saw The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. As soon as the show was over, he immediately went into his bedroom, pulled the old guitar from its hiding place in the closet and did not put it down for three solid months. He still owns that guitar to this day and you can see it and his other guitars plus lots of photos at his website (www.prairielandmusic.com)